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The most efficient thing in Germany is the supermarket checkout, and I don't mean it in a sarcastic/joking manner.
by weiliddat 5y ago
The most efficient thing in Germany is the supermarket checkout, and I don't mean it in a sarcastic/joking manner.
- pistoriusp 5y agoActually not. German supermarkets use multiple queues for multiple cashiers. Studies have shown that a single queue feeding multiple cashiers is the most efficient method. A single queue feeding 3 cashiers is 3x faster than 3 single queues: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204770404577082933921432686 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204770404577082...
- weiliddat 5y agoI meant it in a sense of the cashiers’ speed in checking items. Do you know why German supermarkets don’t use the single queue multiple cashiers system?